Is the Green GDP a flawed index ?
In an opinion piece published in French economic daily Les Echos, Pierre Lachaize, head of the Indicator project at the Shift, argues that the Green GDP (or “inclusive wealth index”) […]
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“Big oil” against “peak oil”
Following the publication of Leonardo Maugeri’s report in which the former head of italian oil giant ENI makes an optimistic analysis of oil production by 2020, expert Olivier Rech provides a […]
Sign the call to stop subsidizing pollution
Initiated by the Climate Action Network (RAC-F) and the Fondation Nicolas Hulot pour la Nature et l’Homme (FNH), the “stop aux subventions à la pollution” campaign seeks to counter subsidies […]
Does the debate around electric vehicles boil down to electricity-induced emissions?
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A carbon-free Europe is both a necessity and an opportunity
“Not tackling climate issues essentially means not doing anything to avoid importing increasingly rare fossil fuel”. Jean-Marc Jancovici, Brice Lalonde and Bo Kjellen explain why ‘decarbonizing’ Europe is a priority in […]
Academic success for Rogeaulito in Sweden
On May 25th, two of our interns, Joseph Hajjar and Bastien Praz, presented Rogeaulito during a seminar organized by The Shift Project at KTH, Stockholm’s prestigious scientific university. The seminar […]
Back to the future … of world oil demand and barrel price
The words “prevision” or “forecast” are to be banned of our vocabulary when we talk about energy scenarios, in particular for long term studies. Still, it is interesting to look […]
ECO2 Climat: the French carbon indicator
Designed by the consulting firm Carbone 4, the engineering school Ecole des Mines and TV station TF1, ECO2 Climat is the first carbon indicator (CI) to measure the carbon consumption […]
Plan national d’adaptation au changement climatique : A first in Europe
On Wednesday 20th July, the French Ecology Minister, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, unveiled France’s climate change adaptation plan. Presented as a “European first”, it has a budget of €171 million. Intended to […]